“ But now those who are younger than I am make fun of me. I wouldn’t even put their parents with my sheep dogs!

“但如今，比我年少的人戏笑我；其人之父我曾藐视，不肯安在看守我羊群的狗中。

“但如今，比我年轻的人讥笑我；我曾藐视他们的父亲，不放在我的牧羊犬中。

“但如今，比我年轻的人讥笑我；我曾藐视他们的父亲，不放在我的牧羊犬中。

“但如今，比我年少的人竟嘲笑我，他们的父亲曾被我鄙视，连我的牧羊犬都不如。

“但现在年纪比我小的人都笑我；我不容许他们的父亲与我羊群的犬只为伴。

但如今，比我年少的人戲笑我；其人之父我曾藐視，不肯安在看守我羊羣的狗中。

「但如今，比我年輕的人譏笑我；我曾藐視他們的父親，不放在我的牧羊犬中。

「但如今，比我年輕的人譏笑我；我曾藐視他們的父親，不放在我的牧羊犬中。

「但如今，比我年少的人竟嘲笑我，他們的父親曾被我鄙視，連我的牧羊犬都不如。

“但現在年紀比我小的人都笑我；我不容許他們的父親與我羊群的犬隻為伴。

『但如今呢、比我年少的人倒譏笑了我；他們的父親我曾瞧不起，不讓跟我羊羣的狗同列。

今也年少於我者姍笑我、若輩之父、我曾藐視、不欲列之於守羊之犬中、

越至於今、年少於我者、反加訕笑、彼之父兄、自我視之、比之守羊之犬、不若也。

今也年少於我者訕笑我、其人之祖父、自我視之、不堪與守我群羊之犬同處、

“ But now they mock me, men younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.

“ But now they laugh at me, men who are younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

“ But now I am mocked by people younger than I, by young men whose fathers are not worthy to run with my sheepdogs.

But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.

“ But now those who are younger than I mock me, Whose fathers I refused to put with the dogs of my flock.

“ But now they mock at me, men younger than I, Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.

But now[ they that are] younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

“ But now they mock me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I disdained too much to put with my sheep dogs.

“ But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I considered unworthy to put with my sheep dogs.

“ My friends laugh at me all the time, even though I called out to God and he answered. My friends laugh at me, even though I’m honest and right.

He said to them,“ You brought me this man. You said he was turning the people against the authorities. I have questioned him in front of you. I have found no basis for your charges against him.

The soldiers put a purple robe on Jesus. Then they twisted thorns together to make a crown. They placed it on his head.They began to call out to him,“ We honor you, king of the Jews!”Again and again they hit him on the head with a stick. They spit on him. They fell on their knees and pretended to honor him.After they had made fun of him, they took off the purple robe. They put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him out to nail him to a cross.

Then some began to spit at him. They blindfolded him. They hit him with their fists. They said,“ Prophesy!” And the guards took him and beat him.

But when I tripped and fell, they were all very happy. Attackers gathered against me when I didn’t even know it. They kept on telling lies about me.Like ungodly people, they were mean and made fun of me. They ground their teeth at me in hate.

But other Jews were jealous. So they rounded up some evil people from the market place. Forming a crowd, they started all kinds of trouble in the city. The Jews rushed to Jason’s house. They were looking for Paul and Silas. They wanted to bring them out to the crowd.

Elisha left Jericho and went up to Bethel. He was walking along the road. Some boys came out of the town. They made fun of him.“ Get out of here, baldy!” they said.“ Get out of here! You don’t even have any hair on your head!”

The people stood there watching. The rulers even made fun of Jesus. They said,“ He saved others. Let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”

One of the criminals hanging there made fun of Jesus. He said,“ Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself! Save us!”

Those who gather in public places make fun of me. Those who get drunk make up songs about me.

But the whole crowd shouted,“ Kill this man! But let Barabbas go!”

One of Crete’s own prophets has a saying. He says,“ People from Crete are always liars. They are evil beasts. They don’t want to work. They live only to eat.”

“ God has caused my family to desert me. The people I used to know are now strangers to me.My relatives have gone away. My closest friends have forgotten me.My guests and my female servants think of me as a stranger. They look at me as if I were an outsider.I send for my servant, but he doesn’t answer. He doesn’t come, even though I beg him to.My wife can’t stand the way my breath smells. My own family won’t have anything to do with me.Even little children mock me. When I appear, they make fun of me.All my close friends hate me. Those I love have turned against me.

Young people who saw me stepped to one side. Old people stood up as I approached.The leaders stopped speaking. They covered their mouths with their hands.The voices of the nobles became quiet. Their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

People will treat one another badly. They will fight against one another. They will fight against their neighbors. Young people will attack old people. Ordinary people will attack those who are more important.